Man with cirrhosis, hep C never tested for cancer

Dies shortly after he’s diagnosed; $625,000 settlement

A 69-year-old married retiree was a long-term patient of the defendant, his primary care physician, at a neighborhood satellite of a major Boston hospital.
Beginning in 1990, the combination of the patient’s significant history of daily alcohol intake and elevated liver enzymes (LFTs) led the defendant to suspect cirrhosis. The patient was referred to a gastroenterologist, ...